“I think Mother Nature is shedding a tear over the loss of our historic Citrus Bowl,” said FCSports CEO Steve Hogan. Both were useful on the cold, drizzly day.
29th was a hardhat or an FCSports poncho. The names are too many to mention here, but they all deserved at least a silver screwdriver for their efforts. They were presented with plaques featuring silver sledgehammers. Overcoming them took a lot of work from people like Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs. The project faced a recession and a lot of naysayers. He wasn’t the only one who sometimes wondered if the day would ever arrive. “Wow,” said Florida Citrus Sports President Tony Massey. The upper deck will remain the same, but everything else will be brand spanking new. In case you haven’t heard, a new one’s coming up. The demolition ceremony was the final event held at the “old” Citrus Bowl. The memories all bubbled up and ran together as the scoreboard tumbled. Eddie Van Halen on guitar, Billy Joel on piano, Peyton Manning on bass, Ric Flair on drums. Imagine the all-star collection of venue alums. That band never actually played the Citrus Bowl, though it seemed just about everybody else did. As it crashed to the ground, fireworks went off and “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC blared over the loud speakers. This one really did have its legs blown out. That’s when the countdown started and couple of hundred people at the Citrus Bowl looked toward the north. on January 29th, Mick Jagger probably felt a mysterious tug of nostalgia. Whitley Writes: The Citrus Bowl Is Dead, Long Live The Citrus Bowl
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